AT&T says it is to blame for the SlingPlayer fiasco

I cannot wait till this iphone exclusivity deal is done. This is the final straw, Im done with at&t. FOREVER

Or maybe AT&T, Apple, and Hulu has planned this all along so that Hulu would be enable to use 3G while Sling would be crippled to Wi-Fi but you'll never know

If T is concerned that the Slingplayer will eat up all their bandwidth, I don't want it on the iPhone either. Their network is so f'ing terrible, I believe them when they say they're concerned about it. If that goes live, the last thing I'll want to deal with, while watching the twirly thing and waiting forever for my email to download over more bars in more places, is people walking around watching TV on a 4" screen and sucking all the bandwidth.

Its a shame, though, that the people in countries with respectable cellular service get hosed because these guys think they can "market and brand" their way out of providing a decent customer experience. Here's hoping VZ will get a chance to have some iPhone fun too.

FWIW a new firmware was just released for the Slingbox Pro ... V1.3.28

What's the difference between going to a website and 'slinging' it? Oh yeah, NOTHING! AT&T are morons.

Fuckers!

I am completely confused as to why AT&T will not allow the Sling Player on their cellular network for the iPhone, but not the Blackberry.

ok guys- seriously, grow up.

1. even if the iphone were on verizon, or any OTHER carrier for that matter, everyone would still be complaining about call quality, reception or whatever. no one forced you to get an iphone, you knew it was at&t before you signed the contract, frankly...grow up and stop complaining about something you knew fully before you got involved.

2. complaining if you think this is a problem is fine, but calling the CEO at at&t wireless directly is such a slap in the face, and a terrible way to get what you want. go through the proper channels otherwise it's rude and careless.

3. it sucks that slingplayer won't work over 3G, and i agree that the price is way too high but seriously, is that an end-all?

Just a few things to ponder....my thoughts on how sling could eventually break the wifi only bridge...

1. Obvious slingbox has the ability to cripple at&t network.
2. At&t has plans to role out 7.2Mbps speeds sometime in the near future (though I still don't see them wanting sling to run on it).
3. New iphone, doubt it will role out with LTE support this time, got a feeling apple will wait for LTE to mature (wouldn't be surprised though if it did) should be released December time frame, I still believe at&t and apple for that matter will be going to a 18 month product life cycle, more in tune with every other American phone product life cycle.
4. With the role out of LTE starting next year would give apple another 18 months to plan for a LTE device, enough time for LTE to mature enough not to zap battery life, which apple clearly uses as part of their benchmark when creating these things. At this time, I could see the introduction of tiered data plans that would allow the official use of devices like sling, and give at&t enough time to catch up with a uverse equivalent...

Or I could be crazy!

the second I read that the sling player app would only play over wifi, I knew there would be a backlash. if ATT can't handle the back end then they better improve their structure. There is no reason for a person paying the same price and has different hardware (blackberry/winmo or iPhone) and have their phone handicapped while the others are free to use..... Times like this kind of make me glad I stuck with my Blackberry. I get to watch my TV where ever I am.